erogappa: (smoking -- th'fuck did you say?)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-09-23 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The fire has been out for a couple hours now, but Gojyo hasn't left. In the dark, the shapes of the trees are twisted, grotesque, haunted-looking things -- a far cry from the bright puffy things they were just a few hours before. There's a couple of points of light, though -- it's not totally dark. There's a few people with flashlights of various kinds, one or two with lanterns-- and one idiot with a torch -- examining the damage, poking around the grounds, or, like Gojyo, sitting back on the hillside opposite and watching the last stages of the chaos slowly come to a halt.

There's one light, though, that immediately catches his eye, drags his weary bones up off the hill and down into the smoke-rank remains of the grove. She's seems to be just a kid, but he knows better than to trust appearances by now.
]

Did you burn 'em?

[ His voice is quiet, not through any respect of the setting or anything, but merely out of exhaustion. ]
ammyterasu: (13)

[personal profile] ammyterasu 2016-10-04 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)

[At those words, the girl's eyes widen and her head turns sharply to look at him, hair whipping behind her.]

No...!!

[The small shout is immediate. But then she looks down, staring at her feet.]

I think... it's my fault though...

erogappa: (look -- I hear but I don't believe)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-10-05 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Is she actually a little girl? She looks like one... and kinda acts like one, too. But Gojyo's got his doubts. He'd never be this cruel to a real child, that's for damn sure. ]

So what're you going to do about it?

[ My fault. If she didn't light the fires but she's accepting blame, then who is she? Another of the elder gods? Goddess of Innocence, maybe? ]
ammyterasu: (07)

[personal profile] ammyterasu 2016-10-08 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[She sucks in a breath, clenching her fists by her sides.]

I... I'm going to repair the damages. I'm going to find out who did it...
erogappa: (look -- serious profile)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-10-09 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
...And then you're gonna share with th'rest of the class, right?

[ After all the smoke he's inhaled today, the cigarette's too harsh on raw lungs. He coughs, makes a face, and grinds the butt end out (very thoroughly) under his heel.

Shit he's tired.
]

I don't know who the hell you are, but figurin' out what's going on here'll be easier if you aren't keepin' the rest of us in th'dark.
ammyterasu: (02)

[personal profile] ammyterasu 2016-10-20 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[She shakes her head vehemently.]

I will! I'll tell everyone everything I know! It's what I've always been doing…

[Frowning down at her feet, she unclenches and then clenches her fists again.]

...I'm just afraid I don't know enough...
erogappa: (kids -- hee hee hi!)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-10-20 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well damn. So she's a god or something -- she's still clearly just a kid, too. There's no denying that anymore.

(Well, okay, there's always the possibility that she's going to transform into some kind of eyeball-covered monster, but that's just the way his life goes. Until that happens, she's a kid, and a sad one at that.)

Gojyo drops one broad (and smoke-rank) hand onto that bowed head, his lips curving up in a weary smile.
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You want to know a grown-up secret? [ He leans over, the whisper half for show and half because his throat is really thrashed. ] Nobody ever knows enough. Nobody ever has all th'pieces. You've just got to take what you do know, and do your best with that.
ammyterasu: (03)

[personal profile] ammyterasu 2016-10-21 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[She startles softly, but relaxes quickly. He really is very kind, isn't he? She smiles softly, raising her head to look at him.]

It's nice to know that, really. I can't help but think that I should be the exception. But… thank you.

[She seems to glow a little brighter in that moment.]
erogappa: (Sanzo -- smoking)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-10-21 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Glowing like the sun, talking like she has responsibility for this place... she's Amaterasu's kid, isn't she? No wonder she's acting like a little princess. ]

Well you're not the exception, okay? You're a kid, so be a kid.

[ It's been a really long day. He folds those long legs of his and drops down hard onto the ground next to her... and after a moment, flops onto his back with a sigh. ]

Don't be in such a hurry to grow up.
ammyterasu: (07)

[personal profile] ammyterasu 2016-10-22 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
[She blinks down at him. Oh. He fell down. Gently, she squats down next to his head and reaches out to pat him gently on top of the head.]

I'm not really a kid, though.

[She figures he's figured it out. Most other people did at this point.]

But I wish I could hold off on growing up. Really I do.
erogappa: (smile -- that soul glo tho)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-10-22 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ She pats him on the head, and he beams tiredly up at her -- she's a sweet kid, at least. Too many of these rich fancy kids -- or goddesses, or whatever -- were worried about nothing but themselves, arrogant at best and downright cruel at worst. The loyalty that the old gods had for this place makes a little more sense, if this is what the rest of the house of Amaterasu is like. ]

So go make th'most of it while you can. [ He waves... well, the idea was that it was in the general direction of the cherry trees, but really it's just sort of at the world at large. ] Go play. Climb trees. Do kid stuff.
ammyterasu: (03)

[personal profile] ammyterasu 2016-10-23 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[A small giggle escapes her, and she keeps gently patting his head.]

Mmm. I'll try! But maybe you should get some sleep. You look and sound very tired.

[Pat pat pat.]
erogappa: (smile -- lets see those hot daughters)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-10-25 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She really is a cutie. ]

Nah. [ Gojyo adjusts his hands behind his head -- the ground is ashy, but so is he. ] There's a conversation at home I want to put off a bit longer. Think I'll stay here for now. ...You should get home though! It's late for kids, and I bet your mom's getting worried.
ammyterasu: (11)

[personal profile] ammyterasu 2016-10-25 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[She blinks. And then promptly sits down next to him. He wants to put off a conversation? That sounds bad. He probably needs some company. So she responds brightly.]

It's okay! I don't have a mom~

[Like that's no big deal. Because to her, it isn't. She's never had a mom, whatever.]
erogappa: (look -- hold up. Who did what now?)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-10-25 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wait but that doesn't mesh with what he thought he knew! Gojyo looks over at her, his expression warring between confusion and pity and the heavy-lidded stupid that comes after a too-long day. ]

Isn't your mom Amaterasu?

[ See and he was so clever to have figured that out, too! ]
ammyterasu: (15)

[personal profile] ammyterasu 2016-10-25 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[That catches her off-guard.

And she just starts laughing.]


W-what? No, no!

[She takes a deep breath, trying to calm her giggles.]

I am Amaterasu.
erogappa: (shock -- the hell is wrong with you)

[personal profile] erogappa 2016-10-25 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ What.

What.
]

The hell you are. [ Sorry, but his brain can't process that right now. He sits right up, though -- she's got his full attention now. ] You're just a kid!
ammyterasu: (04)

[personal profile] ammyterasu 2016-10-29 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[She pouts softly.]

I'm not a kid. I know I look really young, but...

[She trails off, tugging on her hair lightly.]

I'm Amaterasu anyway.